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PROCEEDINGS , 

’’ll! 

OF  AN  ADJOURNED  f i [ . f L / t 

4 /x  '4( 

MEETING  OF  THE  PRESIDENTS  OF  THE  FIVE 

ATLANTIC  THI  NK  LINES, 

HELD  AT  THE 


SAINT  NICHOLAS  HOTEL, 


NEW 


YORK. 


FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 


ALBANY : 

WEED,  PARSONS  AND  COMPANY. 
1860. 

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PROCEEDINGS. 


At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Presidents  of  the 
five  Atlantic  Trunk  Lines,  held  at  the  St.  Nicholas 
Hotel,  New  York,  on  Friday,  September  14th,  1860. 

PRESENT: 

W.  Shanly,  Genl.  Manager  Grand  Trunk  Railroad. 
D.  Richmond,  V.  Prest .,  New  York  Central  “ 

0.  Vibbard,  Genl.  Supt.  New  York  Central  “ 

N.  Marsh,  Receiver , New  York  and  Erie  “ 

J.  Edgar  Thomson,  President , Pennsylvania  “ 

J.  W.  Garrett,  President  Baltimore  and  Ohio  “ 

Resolved,  That  the  proceedings  and  agreement  of  the  meeting 
held  at  Saratoga  on  the  28th  of  July  last,  be  reviewed  and 
adopted,  with  such  amendments  as  may  be  agreed  upon. 

A communication  was  received  from  a committee 
of  the  southwestern  railroads,  together  with  a copy 
of  the  proceedings  of  a convention  of  the  roads  refer- 
red to  in  regard  to  rates,  divisions,  &c.,  which  was 
read  and  laid  on  the  table. 

A communication  from  the  same  committee  respect- 
ing the  1st  article  of  the  Saratoga  agreement,  was 
received,  recommending  that  said  article  be  main- 
tained and  its  provisions  carried  out. 

Adjourned  to  meet  the  committee  of  southwestern 
roads  at  7 p.  m. 


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7 P.  M. 

Convention  met,  and  the  committee  of  southwest- 
ern roac[s  appeared  and  discussed  the  matter  relating! 
to  their  position,  &c.,  without  coming  to  any  decision 
in  regard  thereto . 

The  Convention  adjourned  to  meet  in  the  morn- 
ing at  10  A.  m. 

Convention  met  at  10  a.  m.,  when  the  following' 
communication  was  received  from  the  chairman  oi 
the  committee  of  the  southwestern  roads,  which  was 
read  and  ordered  to  be  printed  with  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Convention  : 

“New  York,  September  17,  1860.  | 

“ The  committee  representing  western  roads,  at  your  request,; 
have  considered  the  first  section  of  the  Saratoga  compact.  They 
respond, 

“ 1st.  That  they  do  not  desire  to  retain  any  more  solicitors  for 
passengers  in  the  east,  but  merely  to  advertise  their  respective! 
lines,  without  disparaging  others ; and  look  after  their  interests! 
in  the  distribution  of  travel. 

“ 2d.  The  eastern  territory  is  so  large  that  this  cannot  well 
be  attended  to  by  one  man.  As  a general  rule,  the  western! 
roads  apportion  a traveling  agent  to  New  England,  one  to  New! 
York  State,  and  one  to  Pennsylvania.  This  we  should  prefer  toll 
continue. 

“3d.  We  hold  the  whole  system  of  paying  commissions  on 
ticket  sales  to  be  vicious  and  injurious;  and  we  would  gladly 
abandon  it,  if  other  lines  would  do  so,  either  voluntarily,  or  upon 
compulsion.  While  it  is  continued  by  other  lines — while  expen- 
sive offices  are  continued  in  New  York — while  extensive  agencies 
are  spread  all  over  the  eastern  states — the  lines  we  represent 
cannot  well  afford  to  abandon  the  minor  efforts  we  are  now 
making  to  secure  a portion  of  the  western  bound  travel  and 
traffic.  If,  by  your  compact,  you  will  eradicate  the  evil  by 
striking  at  the  root — if  you  will  close  up  the  western  offices  at 
the  east — set  aside  the  various  agencies  and  outside  organiza- 


tions  that  are  seeking  to  monopolize  the  western  travel — suspend 
the  payment  of  ticket  commissions  by  all  parties  now  engaged 
in  it — the  lines  we  represent  will  cordially  respond  to  your 
movement.  But  any  partial  movement  that  crushes  out  the 
weaker,  and  leaves  the  stronger  in  power,  will  hardly  be  suc- 
cessful or  meqt  with  favor. 

“ By  order  of  the  committee, 

“JNO.  BROUGH,  Chairman . 

u Mr.  Wilson,  of  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  road,  desires  to 
have  it  stated  that  his  position  and  organization  are  now  such 
that  he  is  not  at  present  prepared  to  define  his  policy.” 

Resolved , That  we  recognize  and  cordially  approve  of  the 
association  of  the  five  lines  of  railroad,  connecting  the  east  with 
Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis ; and  will  agree  to  consult  hereafter, 
(in  making  any  changes  on  the  rates  of  eastward  bound  traffic,) 
the  head  of  such  association. 

After  a full  discussion  of  the  subjects  under  con- 
sideration, the  amended  agreement  was  adopted,  to- 
gether with  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved , That  sections  1st  and  2d  of  the  agreement  shall  be 
maintained  in  full  integrity,  unless  on  or  before  the  27th  inst. 
the  N.  Y.  and  Erie  and  N.  Y.  Central  companies  notify  the 
Grand  Trunk,  Pennsylvania  and  Baltimore  and  Ohio  companies 
of  their  determination  to  abrogate  said  sections,  in  which  event 
all  parties  are  at  liberty  to  act,  regarding  passenger  business,  as 
each  may  deem  proper. 

Resolved , That  in  case  of  violation  of  the  provisions  of  these 
sections,  by  any  connecting  road  or  roads,  the  Chairman  of  this 
organization  shall  be  promptly  notified  and  he  shall  thereupon 
immediately  inform  the  five  lines,  which  notification  shall  also 
be  extended  to  the  road  or  roads  violating.  Within  five  days  of 
such  notifications  the  five  lines  hereby  agree  to  sell  no  through 
tickets  at  the  offices  of  their  respective  lines,  or  at  offices  under 
their  control,  over  such  road. 


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Resolved , That  in  case  of  abrogation  the  1ST.  Y.  and  Erie  and 
N.  Y.  Central  companies  be  requested  to  furnish  their  reasons 
governing  such  action. 

Resolved , That  the  Boston  water  differences  by  ocean  to 
Philadelphia  and  Baltimore  shall  be  15-10-7-5. 

Resolved , That  the  Boston  water  differences  by  sound  to  New 
York  and  ocean  to  Portland  shall  be  8-5-3-3. 

In  case  the  differences  specified  cannot  be  maintained,  the 
N.ew  York  Central  shall  notify  the  other  lines,  as  early  as  the 
27th  inst.,  giving  the  reasons  for  their  inability  to  maintain  said 
differences. 

Resolved , That  in  order  to  insure  uniformity  and  equitable  ac- 
tion, in  case  of  violations  of  the  through  rates,  as  arranged  by 
this  compact,  that  each  of  the  five  lines  agree  to  change  their 
local  rates  to  the  connecting  roads  thus  violating. 

Resolved , That  the  Secretary  of  this  meeting  be  instructed 
to  procure  one  thousand  five  hundred  printed  copies  of  this 
agreement,  and  forward  to  each  of  the  five  lines  their  proportion 
of  the  number. 


AGREEMENT : / 

Section  1.  Neither  party  shall,  after  the  1st  Octo- 
ber next,  directly  or  indirectly,  employ  runners  or 
agents  of  any  description,  or  retain  those  now  in 
their  service,  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting  passengers, 
or  allow  any  compensation  by  way  of  commission, 
drawback,  or  otherwise,  for  procuring  passengers  for 
their  respective  roads;  but  each  party  shall  be  at 
liberty  to  employ  one  person  as  a traveling  agent, 
to  inquire  into  the  sale  of  tickets  by  connecting 
roads,  and  whether  the  company  suglHjugent  repre- 
sents is  fairly  treated  by  other  roaifs  touts  passen- 
ger business  at  competing  pointer  £md  that  each 
party  will  refuse  to  sell  through  tickets  over  any 


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connecting  line  that  shall  not  withdraw  such  agents 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October  next,  or  conform 
to  the  above  stipulation  in  relation  to  commissions 
for  procuring  passengers. 

§ 2.  Neither  company  shall  in  any  way,  directly 
or  indirectly,  procure  any  other  company,  its  officers 
or  agents,  to  exercise  any  influence  to  favor  the 
traffic  over  its  road  in  preference  to  those  of  the 
other  parties  hereto.  It  being  intended  that  business 
shall  be  left  to  take  its  own  course  and  its  most  con- 
venient channel. 

§ 3.  The  parties  hereto  will  not  employ  freight 
agents  at  the  West,  except  at  lake  and  river  ports, 
nor  at  any  other  points  not  on  their  respective  roads 
proper,  except  at  Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia 
and  Baltimore.  No  agents  for  soliciting  freights 
shall  be  employed  by  either  company,  directly  or 
indirectly,  at  any  points  not  on  their  respective  roads 
proper,  other  than  those  above  mentioned,  and  no 
contract  shall  be  made  for  the  transportation  of 
freight  except  from  day  to  day  at  the  current  rates 
for  the  time  being. 

§ 4.  All  freight,  including  live  stock,  shall  be  car- 
ried by  actual  weight,  except  flour,  which  shall  be 
charged  by  the  barrel,  and  no  car-load  of  cattle  is  to 
be  charged  for  as  less  than  18,000  pounds,  and  all 
excess  of  weight  to  be  charged  in  same  proportion. 

All  live  stock  shall  be  weighed  at  the  western  ter- 
mini of  each  road ; each  day’s  shipments  shall 
be  accompanied  by  a certificate  of  weight  of  each 
car-load,  and  said  certificates  shall,  on  the  re- 
quest of  the  President  of  either  road,  be  submitted 


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to  the  Board  of  Presidents.  Said  weighmaster  shall 
be  sworn  to  weigh  accurately  and  justly,  and  shall 
accompany  each  certificate  with  the  engagement 
to  verify  by  oath,  when  required,  the  accuracy  of 
said  weights.  Neither  of  the  parties  hereto  will 
collect  any  charges  on  live  stock,  except  for  their 
transportation  from  the  point  of  shipment. 

The  annexed  form  of  certificate  is  adopted  for  the 
government  of  each  company : 

Statement  of  Weight  of  all  Live  Stock  Shipped  from 
Station , on  the  day  of  ,186  . 


Nos.  of  Cars. 


FROM 


TO 


WEIGHT 


I hereby  certify,  that  I have  weighed  the  Live  Stock  this  day 
shipped  from  Station,  in  cars  numbered  as  above 

stated,  to  the  points  mentioned ; that  the  several  weights  speci- 
fied are  correct  and  true : which  I will  verify  by  special  affidavit, 
if  required. 

Dated  ,186  . 

, Sworn  Weighmaster. 

§ 5.  A tariff  on  all  freights  from  New  York  and  to 
and  from  all  competing  points  east  and  west,  shall 
be  fixed  and  agreed  upon  by  the  parties  hereto,  with- 
out power  or  discretion  to  agents  of  any  grade  to 
reduce  the  same,  and  no  drawback,  drayage  or  com- 
mission shall  hereafter  be  allowed,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, to  any  shipper  of  goods.  In  fixing  the  tariff 
of  rates,  the  same  rates  shall  be  charged  east  and 
west,  on  first,  second  and  third  classes. 

§ 6.  That  without  the  joint  assent  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Baltimore  and  Ohio  roads,  the  New  York 
Central,  New  York  and  Erie,  and  Grand  Trunk  com- 


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panies  shall  not  hereafter,  make  the  rates  on  merchan- 
dise and  live  stock,  between  New  York  and  Colum- 
bus, or  points  west,  south  or  southwest  of  Columbus, 
less  per  ton  per  mile  than  the  rate  charged  for  the 
same  between  Cleveland  and  New  York  by  all  rail. 

§ 7.  The  differences  herein  agreed  to  between  all 
rail  and  water  and  rail  rates,  are  to  cover  the  water 
communication  by  lake  and  river  as  well  as  by 
Atlantic  ocean ; but  whenever  the  local  rates  of  any 
of  the  four  roads  and  their  connecting  lines,  joined  to 
water  rates,  shall  reduce  the  through  rate  to  any 
point,  the  competing  roads  shall  have  the  right  to 
reduce  their  through  rates  to  such  point,  so  as  to 
leave  only  the  above  mentioned  differences  between 
the  water  and  rail  and  the  all  rail  rates. 

§ 8.  No  bills  as  to  trains,  fares  or  freights,  except 
such  as  are  posted  in  suitable  frames,  either  at  offices 
or  hotels,  or  other  public  places,  shall  hereafter  be 
used  or  circulated  by  either  company.  No  adver- 
tisement or  bill  of  either  company  shall  in  any  way 
depreciate  the  line,  route  or  accommodations  of  the 
others  ; but  all  such  bills  and  advertisements  shall  be 
confined  to  the  statement  of  the  times  of  departure 
and  arrival  of  the  connections  with  other  routes  of 
travel,  and  the  rates  and  conditions  of  fares  and 
freights,  and  that  all  connecting  roads  be  required  to 
conform  to  this  s}Tstem. 

§ 9.  The  classification  of  freights  eastward  and 
westward,  shall  be  uniform  in  all  respects  on  the  five 
lines,  and  shall  be  according  to  the  schedules  of  classi- 
fications hereto  annexed. 

§ 10.  Each  party  shall  protect  the  others  from  any 
variation  from  the  said  classification,  or  of  rates  of 
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freight  by  any  express  or  transportation  company 
(by  contracts  in  any  form,  either  by  car-load  or 
otherwise),  which  may  use  said  roads,  respectively,' 
on  all  freights  destined  to  any  competing  point : and 
further  to  insure  such  protection,  no  freights  shall  be 
carried  or  advertised  on  time  by  either  of  the  five 
companies,  or  by  any  express  company,  in  any  form, 
over  the  roads  of  either  of  the  five  companies,  and 
that  all  existing  contracts  with  freight  express  lines 
be  ended  on  1st  January  next,  at  latest,  or  earlier,  in 
cases  where  any  reduction  of  rates  is  proved  to  be 
made  by  any  express  line ; and  that  each  road  adver- 
tise and  do  its  business  in  the  name  of  its  authorized 
agents  : and  that  all  agents  shall  be  paid  by  fixed 
salary  and  not  by  commissions.  If  it  be  found  that 
any  agent,  officer  or  other  party  connected  with 
either  of  the  roads  or  connecting  lines,  shall  by  any  i 
means,  direct  or  indirect,  by  drawbacks,  free  delivery, 
presentation  of  tickets  or  any  other  form,  take  freight 
or  passengers  for  lower  rates  than  those  established  : 
for  the  time  being  by  the  said  Trunk  Lines,  such 
agent  shall  be  discharged  from  the  service  of  his  j 
company,  and  not  employed  by  any  connecting  line, 
and  until  such  discharge,  the  said  five  Trunk  Lines 
and  all  others  co-operating  with  them,  will  not  send 
any  freight  or  passengers  over  the  road  of  such  com- 
pany which  they  can  send  to  destination  by  any 
other  route. 

§ 11.  In  case  of  doubt  by  an  agent  of  either  of  the 
companies,  as  to  the  classification  of  any  article  of 
freight,  he  shall,  if  there  be  agents  of  the  other  com- 
panies, or  either  of  them  at  such  place,  consult  such 


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agent  or  agents  in  regard  thereto ; and  if  they  do  not 
agree,  the  question  shall  be  referred  by  them,  without 
delay,  to  the  proper  officers  of  their  respective 
roads. 

§ 12.  The  rates  of  passenger  fares  and  extra  bag- 
gage, and  the  rates  and  charges  on  freights  to  and 
from  all  common  points,  shall  be  the  same  by  each 
of  the  five  lines,  and  any  agreement  which  has  here- 
tofore been  made  with  other  persons  or  corpora- 
tions for  the  reduction  of  the  rates,  or  for  the  payment 
of  commissions  or  otherwise,  by  which  they  shall  be 
enabled  to  transport  passengers  or  property  at  less 
than  the  rates  which  may  be  fixed  upon  from  time  to 
time  under  this  agreement,  shall  be  at  once  terminated 
by  the  respective  companies. 

§ 13.  No  free  pass  shall  be  issued  to  the  employees 
of  other  roads,  unless  the  request  for  such  pass  be 
made  by  the  President  or  Superintendent,  (over  their 
own  personal  signature,)  of  the  road  by  which  the 
applicant  is  employed. 

Annual  passes  shall  be  limited  to  the  list  of  officers 
uslied  by  the  President  or  Superintendent  of  each 
roa(?*1t;o  the  connecting  roads.  No  pass  shall  be 
issued  to  any  person  with  the  intention,  directly  or 
indirectly,  of  influencing  the  route  of  freight  or  travel, 
or  to  editors  or  reporters  of  newspapers,  except  to 
editors  who  reside  on  the  line  of  the  road,  and  to 
them  trip  passes  only  will  be  granted,  and  at  the 
discretion  of  the  respective  companies.  No  double  or 
family  passes  will  be  issued  under  any  circumstances. 

Drovers  in  charge  of  live  stock,  on  stock  trains 
eastward,  may  be  carried  free,  but  they  shall  be 


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limited  to  one  person  for  either  one  or  two  car-loads 
of  live  stock ; to  two  persons  for  not  less  than  four! 
car-loads ; to  three  persons  for  not  less  than  six  car-' 
loads,  and  to  four  persons  for  not  less  than  ten  car- 
loads or  more.  The  Southern  lines  shall  be  at  lib- 
erty to  sell  drovers’  tickets,  from  New  York  to  com- 
mon points,  at  the  cost  of  a ticket  from  Albany  to 
same  point. 

§ 14.  That  with  a view  of  reducing  expenses,  it 
is  hereby  suggested  to  the  different  lines  owning  or 
controlling  ticket  offices  and  agencies  in  New  York, 
Boston,  and  other  large  cities,  that  as  soon  as  the 
personal  engagements  as  regards  such  agencies  will 
permit,  arrangements  be  made  to  abandon  all  such  1 
offices  and  agencies  and  to  unite  in  the  establishment 
of  one  union  ticket  office  in  each  large  city,  where 
all  lines  shall  be  impartially  represented,  and  the  ! 
expense  of  which  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  lines  join-  ; 
ing  such  union  office  in  the  proportion  of  their  busi- 
ness in  such  office  respectively ; and  that  when  said  1 
office  is  established,  no  coupon  tickets  shall  be  sold 
to  points  beyond  the  Mississippi  river.  Neither 
company  shall  carry  United  States’  soldiers  or  other 
passengers  at  less  than  full  first  class  fares,  except 
emigrants  going  westward.  Eighty  pounds  of  bag- 
gage per  passenger  shall  be  allowed,  and  no  charge 
shall  be  made  for  excess  unless  the  whole  weight  is 
over  one  hundred  pounds,  in  which  case  the  whole 
excess  over  eighty  pounds  shall  be  charged  for  at  not 
less  than  double  first  class  freight  rates, 

§ 15.  In  the  event  of  any  question  arising  as  to 
the  true  meaning  of  any  part  of  this  agreement,  the 


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same  shall  be  construed  liberally  so  as  to  meet  the 
real  intention  of  the  parties  as  hereinbefore  expressed, 
and  to  place  all  on  a fair  and  equal  footing  in  their 
competition  for  the  passenger  and  freight  traffic  over 
their  respective  lines  ; and  should  any  point  of  differ- 
ence not  herein  provided  for  arise,  the  same  shall  be 
settled  with  reference  to  the  general  principles  here- 
by established,  and  on  the  basis  of  equal  and  exact 
justice  to  all  parties. 

§10.  It  is  agreed  between  the  parties  hereto,  that 
the  five  Presidents  shall  examine  and  act  upon  all 
alleged  violations  of  any  portion  of  this  agreement, 
and  that  all  complaints  of  violations  of  its  provisions, 
accompanied  by  the  proof,  shall  be  made  in  writing 
to  the  chairman  of  this  organization,  who  shall,  at 
his  discretion,  or  on  the  written  request  of  any  two 
Presidents,  call  a meeting  for  the  purpose  of  investi- 
gation and  action,  and  that  the  party  or  parties  in- 
volved in  a breach  of  the  contract  shall,  at  the  dis- 
cretion and  upon  the  decision  of  this  Board,  be 
dismissed  from  the  service  of  the  company  to  which 
he  or  they  may  be  attached. 

§ 17.  The  Grand  Trunk  Pail  way  may  carry  trans- 
atlantic freight  on  through  bills  of  lading,  via  Port- 
land, from  all  Western  points,  at  same  rates  as 
are  charged  by  other  lines  via  New  York  from  such 
western  points.  Trans-atlantic  freight  on  through 
bills  of  lading,  via  Boston,  may  be  carried  at  same 
rates  as  via  Portland. 

§ 18.  Emigrant  rates  shall  be  advanced  from 
all  points  of  competition,  to  not  less  than  1 \ cents 
per  mile,  from  New  York,  Boston,  Portland  and 


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Quebec,  by  tbe  shortest  all  rail  line.  Said  advance 
to  be  previously  arranged  by  the  agents  of  the  five 
lines,  to  take  effect  on  1st  December  next. 

§ 19.  Should  any  difficulty  arise  in  carrying  this 
agreement  into  effect,  the  parties  hereto,  in  view  of 
the  importance  of  the  objects  sought  to  be  attained, 
agree  in  good  faith  to  endeavor,  by  mutual  arrange- 
ments and  concessions,  to  secure  the  practical  work- 
ing of  the  principles  hereby  recognized ; but  for  the 
purpose  of  eventual  protection  to  their  respective 
rights,  either  party  may,  on  fifteen  days’  notice  in 
writing  to  the  others,  elect  to  terminate  this  agree- 
ment, and  the  same  shall  thereupon  be  terminated 
accordingly,  and  thenceforth  cease  to  have  any  fur- 
ther effect  or  operation ; but  no  party  hereto  can 
withdraw  from  one  or  more  sections  of  this  agree- 
ment without  abrogating  the  whole  agreement. 

J.  EDGAR  THOMSON,  Chairman. 

C.  YIBBARD,  Secretary. 


Adjourned  to  meet  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  on  Thursday,  the  18th  of 
October  next,  at  9 a.  m. 


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REVISED  CLASSIFICATION  OF 


EASTWARD  BOUND  FREIGHT. 


ITIRST  CLASS. 


Agricultural  Implements,  "by  special  con- 
tract. 

Baskets,  twice  first  class  rates. 

Batting,  Blinds,  Books. 

Brushes,  Brooms,  Bottles. 

Cabinet  Ware, boxed,  twice  first  class  rates. 
Cotton  Waste,  in  sacks  or  bales. 

Carriages, well  boxed,  twice  first  class  rates. 
Chairs,  well  boxed,  owner’s  risk  of  chafing, 
twice  first  class  rates. 

Candies  ; Cigars,  boxed. 

Cheese,  loose  ; Covers  and  Seives. 

Dry  Goods,  in  boxes,  bales  and  trunks. 
Demijohns,  owner’s  risk,  twice  first  class 
rates. 

Feathers  and  Furs. 

Fowls,  in  crates,  twice  first  class  rates. 
Fish,  fresh,  at  owner’s  risk,  pre-paid. 

Fresh  Meats,  not  otherwise  specified. 
Furniture  (same  as  Cabinet  Ware). 
Garden  Seeds  ; Glass  Ware,  at  owner’s  risk. 
Glass  Windows,  Glue. 

Hides,  dry  ; Honey  ; Hair,  in  sacks. 

Iron  Castings,  light,  owner’s  risk. 

Leather,  loose. 

Live  Stock,  owner’s  risk. 


Looking  Glasses,  owner’s  risk,  twice  first 
class  rates. 

Marble,  wrought,  owner’s  risk. 

Machinery,  boxed. 

Medicines,  owner’s  risk. 

Musical  Instruments. 

Peaches,  pre-paid  ; Paper,  not  boxed. 
Peltries  ; Piano  Fortes,  boxed. 

Plows  and  Cultivators. 

Porter  and  Ale,  in  glass. 

Poultry  and  Game,  owner’s  risk. 

Scales  and  Scale  Beams. 

Sleighs,  well  boxed,  twice  first  class  rates. 
Scythe  Snaths,  Sa*h. 

Stoves  and  Stove  Plates,  at  owner’s  risk. 
Saddlery,  Sizing,  Stove  Pipe. 

Tin  Ware,  boxed  ; Trunks. 

Trees  and  Shrubbery,  at  owner’s  risk,  one 
and  a half  first  class  rates,  pre-paid. 
Twine. 

Veneering. 

Wagons,  children’s  (same  as  cabinet  ware). 
Waste,  Wadding:  Water,  mineral. 
Wheelbarrows  ; Wine,  in  boxes. 

Wooden  Ware  and  Covers. 


SECOND  CLASS, 


Axes. 

Apples,  green  and  dried. 

Buffalo  Robes,  Beeswax ; Broom  Corn, 
pressed. 

Bells,  Butter. 

Chair  Stuff,  Cheese. 

Domestic  Goods. 

Dressed  Hogs,  at  owner’s  risk. 

Deer  and  other  Skins,  in  bales. 

Earthen  and  Stone  Ware. 

Eggs,  in  barrels,  owner’s  risk. 

Flax,  boxed. 

Ginseng. 

Hardware. 

Hemp  Yarn. 

Hoes,  Hops. 

THIRD 

Ale  in  barrels. 

Beer,  in  barrels. 

Binders  Boards. 

Burr  Blocks. 

Bleaching  Salts. 

Cider. 

Coal  Oil. 

Clover  and  Grass  Seed. 

Flax  Seed. 

Flour  and  Meal,  in  bags. 

Hops,  Hoop  Poles,  Hickory  Nuts. 

Hams  and  Bacon,  loose. 


Leather,  in  rolls  and  boxes. 

Nuts. 

Oil  Cloth. 

Paper,  in  boxes  ; Paints,  dry  and  in  oil. 
Pickles  and  Cucumbers,  in  casks. 
Paper,  wrapping  and  printing. 

Rags,  in  sacks,  not  pressed. 

Straw  Paper  ; Sheep  Skins,  in  bales. 
Scythes  ; Sugar,  maple. 

Straw  Boards. 

Tobacco,  in  bales  ; Tow,  boxed. 

Teas,  Tin,  Type. 

Varnish. 

Wine,  in  casks. 

Wood,  in  shape. 

Yarn,  pressed. 

CLASS. 

Iron  castings,  large  and  plain. 

Iron  Safes. 

Junk. 

Joiner’s  Work. 

Lath. 

Millstones. 

Sand,  Shooks,  Spokes. 

Staves  and  Heading. 

Salt,  in  bags. 

Vinegar. 

Wood  in  shapes,  boxed. 


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B’OXJBTH  CLASS. 


Alcohol,  in  casks,  owner’s  risk. 

Ashes,  pot  and  pearl. 

Bacon,  in  casks  or  boxes  ; Beans. 

Beef,  salted,  in  casks. 

Bones. 

Cotton  compressed. 

Cotton  uncompressed  25  per  cent  additional. 
Copper,  pig  or  ore. 

Coal,  Chain  Cables. 

Cement,  Candles,  Soap. 

Earthen  and  Stone  Ware,  in  crates,  casks 
or  boxes. 

Fish,  salted,  in  casks. 

Grain — corn,  oats,  barley,  wheat  and  rye, 
in  bags  and  casks. 

Grindstones. 

Hams  and  Shoulders,  in  casks. 

Hides,  green. 

Hoofs  and  Horns. 

Hemp,  covered. 


Hair,  Hogs’  and  Cattle’s. 

Iron— bar,  boiler,  pig. 

Iron  Castings,  heavy. 

Lard,  Lime  a.id  Lumber. 

Mill  Feed. 

Molasses. 

Naiis  and  Spikes. 

Oars  and  Handpikes. 

Oil  and  Oil  Cake,  in  casks  or  bags. 

Fork,  salted,  in  casks  or  boxes. 

Pig  Lead,  Plaster,  Potatoes,  Peas, 
liags,  pressed,  in  baies. 

Rope,  in  bales. 

Salt,  in  barrels  ; Stone,  unwrought. 

Sugar,  Starch  and  Saleratus,  on  manufac- 
turer’s account. 

Tobacco,  in  hhds  or  boxes. 

Tallow. 

Whisky. 


Dressed  Poultry  and  Game,  Dressed  Hogs,  Fresh  Beef,  Mutton,  Yeal  and 
Venison — at  Special  Rates. 

Dressed  Hogs,  Poultry  and  Fresh  Meats,  are  only  taken  at  the  risk  of 
owner. 

Articles  not  enumerated  will  be  charged  at  First  Class  Rates. 


REVISED  CLASSIFICATION  OF 

WESTWARD  BOUND  FREIGHT. 


FIRST 

Acids,  in  car-loads,  first  class  ; less  than  car- 
loads, double  first  class. 

Agricultural  Implements,  by  special  con- 
tract. 

Bath  Tubs. 

Baskets,  twice  first  class  rates  ; Books. 
Batting.  Blinds,  Bonnets. 

Boots  and  Shoes,  Bread,  Buffalo  Robes. 
Brushes  & Brooms,  Broom  Corn,  pressed. 
Billiard  Tables,  boxed,  owner’s  risk. 

Bird  Cages,  boxed,  twice  first  class  rates. 
China  Ware,  in  boxes. 

Carriages,  well  boxed,  twice  first  class 
rates,  owner’s  risk. 

Cabinet  Ware,  set  up  and  boxed,  twice  first 
class  rates, 

Cabinet  vv  are,  knocked  down  and  well 
boxed,  first  class  rates. 

Cards,  Carpeting,  Corks,  Confectionery. 
Chairs,  boxed,  twice  first  class  rates 
Cigars,  boxed  and  strapped. 

Cassia,  in  mats  ; Caps. 

Cotton  Waste. 

Covers  and  Selves,  Clocks  and  Weights. 
Demijohns,  owner  s risk,  twice  first  class 
rates. 

Dry  Goods,  in  boxes,  bales,  and  trunks. 


CLASS. 

Furniture,  set  up  and  boxed,  twice  first 
class  rates. 

Furniture,  kuocked  down,  well  boxed,  first 
class  rates. 

Furniture,  not  boxed,  only  taken  by  special 
contract. 

Furniture,  second  band,  well  boxed,  accom- 
panied by  passengers. 

Farm  wagons,  in  pieces  ; Fire  crackers. 

Feathers,"  Furs  ; Figs,  in  drums. 

Fish,  (fresh),  prepaid. 

Gardm  Seed,  Glass  ware,  Window  Glass. 

Grapes,  in  kegs. 

Hides  (dry),  loose. 

Household  Goods  (not  Furniture)  well 
boxed. 

Hair,  in  sacks  ; Hats  and  Caps. 

Ink,  in  glass. 

Indigo,  India  Rubber  Goods. 

Iron  Castings  (light,  loose),  under  300  lbs. 
each  piece. 

Leather,  loose  ; Liquors,  in  glass. 

Lemons,  sacked. 

Looking  Glasses,  boxed,  at  owner’s  risk  of 
breakage. 

Machinery,  unboxed. 

Metallic  Coffins. 


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Mattresses,  twice  first  class  rates. 
Mouldings  and  Picture  Frames. 

Mats  and  Rugs. 

Marble,  wrought,  owner’s  risk. 

Measures  and  Tubs  ; Moss,  in  sacks. 
Musical  Instruments. 

Mineral  Water,  in  glass. 

Nuts  in  single  sacks. 

Oysters,  in  kegs  and  cans,  fresh. 

Oranges,  sacked ; Oil,  in  glass. 

Preserves  in  glass,  owner’s  risk. 

Plate  and  Looking  Glass,  boxed,  at  owner’s 
risk  of  breakage. 

Paper  Hangings,  not  boxed. 

Pill  Boxes,  in  casks  or  boxes,  twice  1st  class. 
Pickles,  in  glass,  owner’s  risk. 

Palm  Leaves,  Peltries. 

Printing  Presses. 

Piano  Fortes,  owner’s  risk. 

Porter  and  Ale  in  glass. 

Paintings  and  Pictures,  well  boxed. 

Printed  matter,  in  sheets,  boxed. 
Quicksilver,  in  iron  flasks. 

Rattan,  Russia  Bristles. 

Refrigerators. 

Sewing  Machines,  boxed. 

Steam  Boilers,  30  feet  and  under. 

Sleighs,  boxed,  twice  first  class  rates. 


Snuff,  in  jars. 

Soap,  fancy. 

Steam  Boilers,  over  30  feet,  1>£  first  class 
rates. 

Scythe  Snaths,  Scales  and  Scale  Beams,  not 
boxed. 

Stoves,  owner’s  risk. 

Sweet  Potatoes,  Sizing,  Stove  Pipe. 

Stove  Plates,  owner’s  risk,  Stationery. 
Traveling  Bags. 

Trunks  ; Tin  ware,  boxed  ; Twine. 

Trees  and  Shrubbery,  boxed,  owner’s  risk. 
Trees  and  Shrubbery ,baled,  first  class 

rates,  owner’s  risk. 

Toys,  boxed,  1)4  first  class  rates 
Umbrellas,  Veneering,  not  boxed. 
Wadding,  Woolen  Yarn. 

Wagons,  children’s,  not  boxed,  twice  first 
class  rates. 

Wagons  and  Hobby  Horses,  knocked  down 
in  boxes  andorates. 

Wagons  and  Hobby  Horses,  boxed,  firs 
class  rates. 

Wax  ; Wine,  in  boxes  or  baskets. 

Whips,  Whalebone,  Wheelbarrows. 
Wooden  Ware,  Wagon  Felloes  & Bows. 
Willow  Ware,  twice  first  class  rates. 

Wire  Cloth. 


SECOND  CLASS. 


Antimony,  crude  ; Apples,  dried. 

Baking  Powders,  Bed  Cord,  Bags,  Bells. 
Beeswax,  Butter. 

Bagging,  Bottles. 

Blue  Vitriol. 

Brimstone,  in  boxes  or  kegs. 

Burlaps,  Berries. 

Burning  Fluid,  at  owner’s  risk  of  leakage. 
Cast  Iron  Grain  Mills. 

Castor  Oil,  in  cases  or  cans. 

Cocoa  Matting. 

Copper  and  Brass  Vessels,  in  boxes  or 
casks. 

Cotton  Yarn. 

Cream  Tartar,  in  boxes  or  kegs  ; Cocoa. 
Coffee,  ground,  in  boxes  or  barrels. 
Capstans  ; Cassia,  in  bags  or  boxes. 

Clove  Stems,  in  sacks  ; Chocolate. 

Cotton  waste,  pressed  in  bales. 

Chain,  Candles. 

Cutlery  ; Chair  Stuff,  in  rough. 

Copper,  in  plates,  sheets,  bolts,  pigs,  wire, 
nails  and  rods. 

Camphene, owner’s  risk  leakage. 

Cheese,  in  boxes  and  casks- 
Caloric  Engines. 

Clover  and  Grass  Seed  ; Copper  Bottoms. 
Crockery,  in  boxes  or  barrels. 

Congress  and  Bedford  water,  in  boxes  or 
barrels. 

Chain,  cotton,  woolen  and  hempen. 
Domestic  Sheeting,  Shirting,  Ticking  and 
Denims,  in  original  bales. 

DRUGS  AND  MEDICINES. 

Dye  woods,  in  bags  or  barrels. 

Duck ; Deer  Skins,  pressed. 

Emery. 

Extract  Logwood. 

Flax  Seed  ; Flax,  boxed. 

Gas  Fixtures,  boxed. 

Ginger,  Glue,  Gum  Copal. 

Groceries,  assorted,  not  otherwise  specified 
Grass  and  Clover  Seed. 

Grass  and  Hempen  Mats. 

Guns,  Rifles  and  other  Firearms. 

Hair,  pressed. 

Hemp  and  Shingle  Machines. 

Hides,  dry,  in  bales  ; Honey,  Hops. 

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Hemp  Carpet. 

Herrings,  in  boxes  ; Hemp,  boxed. 

Hollow  Ware. 

Isinglass. 

Iron,  hoop  and  sheet  • Ink,  in  casks. 
Leather,  in  rolls  and  boxes. 

Liquor,  in  wood. 

.Lead,  in  pipe,  bar  and  sheet. 

Lamp  Black,  in  casks  or  bbls. ; Linseed. 
Lithographic  Stones,  owner's  risk. 
Machinery,  boxed. 

Marble  Slabs,  unwrought,  owner’s  risk. 
Mustard  Seed,  in  bags  or  casks. 

Moss,  pressed  in  bales. 

Nuts,  in  double  sacks,  casks  or  barrels. 
Oakum,  Oil  Cloth. 

Plumber’s  Materials,  in  boxes  or  casks. 
Porcelain  Ware,  in  barrels  or  boxes. 

Paints,  in  boxes  or  cans,  not  otherwise 
Palm  Leaf,  pressed.  [specified. 

Printer’s  Ink,  in  kegs  or  barrels. 

Paper,  in  boxes  ; Paste  Board. 

Printing  Paper  ; Peaches,  dried. 

Prunes,  in  casks. 

Paper  Hangings  in  boxes  ; Pipes. 

Pins,  in  original  boxes. 

Rubber  Car  Springs,  loose. 

Rubber  Packing  and  Hose. 

Raisins,  strapped  ; Rags  in  Sacks. 

Shingle  Machines. 

Stove  Blacking. 

Starch,  in  less  than  100  boxes. 

Saddlery,  Scythes,  Soap. 

Sardines,  in  boxes ; Shoe  Pegs,  in  bbls. 
Sheep  and  other  Skins,  in  bales. 

Shot,  in  bags  ; Sugar,  in  bags. 

Scales  and  Scale  Beams,  boxed. 

Seeds,  not  otherwise  specified. 

Snuff,  in  casks,  bbls.  or  boxes. 

Tobacco,  in  bales. 

Tobacco,  cut,  in  barrels  or  boxes. 

Tow,  boxed  ; Type;  Tea. 

Varnish,  at  owner’s  risk  of  leakage. 
Veneering,  boxed. 

Wood,  in  shapes  ; Wrapping  Paper. 
Willow  Reeds,  in  bundles  ; Wool. 

Yarn  Carpet,  pressed  in  bales. 

Zinc,  in  rolls'and  sheets. 


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THIRD  CLASS. 


Axes,  Anvils  ; Ale  and  Beer,  in  wood. 
Binders’  Boards. 

Black  Lead,  in  barrels  or  boxes  ; Bones. 
Brass  and  Pewter  Faucets  ; Boiler  Flues. 
Bark  and  Cob  Mills  ; Barilla. 

Cotton,  square  bales  ; Chain,  loose. 

Cider,  in  bbls.  or  hhds. ; Crucibles. 

Coffee  Mills. 

Copper,  in  bxs.  & casks  ; Copying  Presses. 
Carriage  Springs,  Axles  and  Boxes. 

Cream  Tartar,  in  barrels  and  hhds. 

China  Ware,  in  casks. 

Currants  and  Dates. 

Dye  Woods,  in  sticks. 

Epsom  Salts,  in  barrels. 

Figs,  in  casks  or  boxes. 

Forks,  hay  and  manure. 

Gum  Shellac,  original  packages. 

Gunny  Bags,  in  bales. 

HARDWARE,  Hooks,  Hinges,  Hoes. 
Hoofs  and  Horns  ; Hides,  green. 

Herrings,  in  kegs. 

Iron  Castings,  in  boxes. 

IronSafes  ; Iron  Railing. 

IronFaeings  ; Iron  Shutters. 

Junk  ; Jute. 

Lead,  in  casks  or  pig. 

Lightning  Rods,  in  bundles. 


Lime,  in  casks. 

Liquorice,  in  mats  or  boxes. 

Madder,  in  hogsheads. 

Mahogany,  in  board,  plank  and  scantling. 
Marbles,  in  casks  and  boxes. 

Millstones,  finished  ; Manilla. 

Nails  and  Tacks,  in  boxes  ; Nails,  in  bags. 
Oil,  in  hogsheads  and  barrels,— not  other- 
wise specified. 

Oysters,  in  kegs  and  cans,  pickled. 

Pepper  and  Spices,  in  bags. 

Pickles  and  Preserves,  in  cans. 

Porcelain  Ware,  in  casks. 

Pumice  Stone,  in  casks. 

Rubber  Car  Springs,  in  boxes  or  casks. 
Rubber  Belting. 

Sand  Paper. 

Split  Peas. 

Spelter  • Shot,  in  kegs. 

School  Slates,  boxed. 

Shoe  Blacking,  in  barrels. 

Shovels  and  Spades,  Scythes,  in  boxes. 
Scythe  Stones. 

Vinegar. 

Wire  Fencing. 

Wire,  not  otherwise  specified. 

Wood  Screws,  in  casks  or  boxes. 


FOURTH  CLASS. 


Axle  Grease  : Anchors. 

Alum,  in  barrels  and  Hogsheads. 
Brimstone,  in  barrels  or  hogsheads. 
Bleaching  Salts  ; Burr  Blocks  ; Barytes. 
Bath  Brick  ; Barley. 

Borax,  in  barrels  or  boxes. 

Clams  in  shell 
Coffee,  in  double  sacks. 

Coffee,  single  seek,  owner’s  risk. 

Chain,  in  casks,  Cements,  Chalk. 

Car  Wheels  and  Car  Axles  ; Chickory. 
Crockery,  in  crates  and  hogsheads. 

Clay  ; Chain  Cable  ; Cocoa  Oil. 

Copperas,  in  barrels  or  boxes. 

Cotton. 

Earthen  and  Stone  Ware,  in  crates  and 
hogsheads  ; Earth  Paints. 

Fence  Wire. 

Fish,  pickled  and  dry  salted. 

Gambia,  in  bags  or  casks  ; Gas  pipe. 
Grindstones. 

Guano. 

Honey,  in  casks  or  barrels. 

Horse  Shoes,  in  packages. 

Iron,  bar,  pig,  band  and  boiler. 

Iron  Nuts  and  Rivets. 

Iron  Bolts  and  Washers,  in  boxes  or  casks. 
Iron  Castings,  heavy,  300  lbs.  and  upwards 
each  piece. 

Iron  Castings,  in  casks. 

Locomotive  Tire. 


Marble,  sawed  and  in  blocks,  unwrought; 
Molasses. 

Millstones,  in  rough  ; Mahogany  Logs. 
Nails  and  Spikes,  Nail  Rods. 

OILS,  Cocoa,  Lard,  Linseed,  Palm  and 
Rosin. 

Oysters,  in  shell. 

Pitch,  Plaster. 

Pickles,  in  barrels  or  casks  ; Putty. 
PAINTS,  White  Lead  and  Zinc,  in  cans 
or  kegs,  boxed. 

Railroad  Chairs  and  Spikes. 

Railroad  Iron  ; Rope ; Rice. 

Rosin,  Rigging,  Rags,  pressed,  in  bales. 
Salt ; Sugar,  except  in  bags. 

Soap,  common. 

Stone,  unwrought ; Sumac,  Saltpetre. 

Soda,  in  kegs,  bbls.,  casks  or  boxes. 
Saleratus,  in  kegs,  bbls.,  casks  or  boxes. 
Soda  Ash  ; Salt  Cake  : Steel ; Tobacco,  in 
hogsheads,  unmanufactured. 

Spirits  Turpentine,  in  casks  or  bbls. 

Starch,  100  boxes  and  over. 

Tar  ; Tin  ; Tobacco,  in  boxes  or  kegs. 
Tallow,  Telegraph  Wire  ; Terre  Japonica. 
Volute  Car  Springs,  boxed. 

Water  Pipes  ; Whiting  ; Wire  Rope. 

Wool,  foreign,  pressed. 

White  Lead  and  Zinc  Paints,  dry  and  in 
oil. 

Zinc,  sheet,  in  casks  or  cases. 


SPECIAL. 

Manufactured  Marble. 

Campbene,  Burning  Fluid  and  Varnish,  only  taken  at  Owner’s  risk,  by 
Rail,  at  Second  Class  Rates.  Gunpowder,  Friction  Matches,  and  other  Com- 
bustible Articles,  will  not  be  received  or  transported. 


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